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MV Doña Paz was a Japanese-built and Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after it collided with the oil tanker Vector on December 20, 1987. Built by Onomichi Zosen of Hiroshima, Japan, the ship was launched on April 25, 1963 as the Himeyuri Maru with a passenger capacity of 608.
On 16 August 2013 at 8:45pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, the 2GO ferry the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, formerly the SuperFerry 2, [11] collided with the cargo ship the Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 144 meters of water off Lauis Ledge Talisay, Cebu. [12] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 ...
Within 30 minutes, the ship had sunk. At the time of the collision, St. Thomas Aquinas was carrying 715 passengers (58 were infants) and 116 crew members. Many passengers were asleep at the time or otherwise had trouble finding their way to the deck in the dark. [63] MV Sulpicio Express Siete: Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation: 0 [63] 0 ...
The head of the Philippine military, who was aboard the supply boat, says they were also “bumped” by a Chinese ship. Nov. 10, 2023: China blasts Philippine supply ship with water cannon near ...
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A 70-year-old retiree-turned-amateur shipwreck hunter discovered the wooden vessels, each 80 to 100 feet long, in the Neches River on Aug. 16, according to the Ice House Museum in Silsbee, Texas.
Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (PSACC), formerly branded as Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (SLI, Tagalog pronunciation: [sulˈpiːʃo]), is a major shipping line in the Philippines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] PSACC is one of the largest domestic shipping and container companies in the Philippines in terms of the number of vessels operated and gross tonnage.
After being hit repeatedly by missile and artillery fire and bombs dropped by U.S. and Philippine warplanes during the combat drills, the mock enemy ship sank as black smoke billowed from its stern.